Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 12:05:36 PM CET
Fidel's Funniest Home Videos to Air in U.S.
Steven Spielberg's warm and fuzzy summit with Fidel Castro in Havana, a set of smuggled home videos of the Cuban leader could sour his take on Hollywood.
Starting Monday, Spanish-language newscast Noticias 41 will begin airing "The Secret Life of Castro," a 10-part series that offers the first-ever glimpse into the carefully guarded life of Cuba's president and perpetual revolutionary.
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Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 12:04:07 PM CET
Australian burglars hide in wrong place
Police say the two men fled the scene of a break-in in Sydney and gave them the slip - by entering the grounds of the governor-general's official residence.
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Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 11:50:59 AM CET
Ohio man screws up to tune of $1 million
That's what you get for screwing around for eight months
Jonathan Smith got a $1 million payoff yesterday for power-drilling five screws into a piece of pine in less than seven seconds.
Sound easy? The 27-year-old carpenter from Delaware, near Columbus, was the only one out of more than 50,000 people who entered a national contest to do it. In fact, no one else did it in less than eight seconds.
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Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 11:44:10 AM CET
Swiss teens hooked on “alcopops”
Cheap, sugary and potent – Swiss health experts are ringing alarm bells about the popularity of “alcopops” among teenage drinkers. Switzerland, like many western countries, appears to have an unquenchable thirst for so-called designer drinks. Cheap, sugary and potent – Swiss health experts are ringing alarm bells about the popularity of “alcopops” among teenage drinkers. Switzerland, like many western countries, appears to have an unquenchable thirst for so-called designer drinks.
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Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 11:24:37 AM CET
Your Boss Is Watching
Instant messaging -– a tool many perceive as off-limits to the prying eyes of employers –- may soon be going the way of e-mail. In the interests of record-keeping and tighter security, industry analysts say a growing number of companies that allow instant messaging in the office are also monitoring its usage.
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Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 3:18:27 AM CET
Archäologen finden Überreste gewaltiger Bauwerke bei irischer Kultstätte
Anlagen datieren vermutlich bis ins Neolithikum zurück.
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Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 3:09:39 AM CET
"Genau so gut könnte man eine Münze werfen"
Psychologen der Universität Mainz stellen Lügendetektor, der per Stimmanalyse arbeitet, vernichtendes Zeugnis aus.
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Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 3:07:44 AM CET
STRAHLENDE GEFAHR
Internationale Sicherheitsexperten suchen fieberhaft nach einem gespenstischen Erbe der Sowjetunion: Hunderte, vielleicht Tausende von Kanistern mit hochradioaktivem Material wurden vor Jahrzehnten über das gesamte Riesenreich verstreut, um die Folgen eines Atomkriegs zu simulieren. In den Händen von Terroristen könnte das Material ganze Städte verseuchen.
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Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 3:06:38 AM CET
Französische Atomkraftwerke nicht erdbebensicher
Studie: Bei sieben fiele das Kühlsystem aus, vier weitere würden Probleme im Fernsteuerungssystem schaffen.
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Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 2:51:56 AM CET
DUMMER BANKRÄUBER
Manche Ganoven sind dümmer als die Polizei erlaubt - so auch ein Möchtegern-Bankräuber aus Gießen. Vor Gericht erhielt der Mann trotzdem keinen Schussel-Bonus.
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Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 2:46:49 AM CET
50 Prozent Todesrate bei Marsflug
Österreichischer Forscher erstellt potenziellen Mars-Astronauten pessimistische Prognose.
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Topic: - on November 12, 2002 at 2:34:22 AM CET
Europäischer "Elefantenfriedhof" öffnet nahe Rom
Über 350.000 Jahre alte Skelette von Tieren aus dem Pleistozän zu bestaunen.
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